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EP 0896833 B1 20030326 - Device for homogenizing flowable materials

Title (en)

Device for homogenizing flowable materials

Title (de)

Vorrichtung zum Homogenisieren fliessfähiger Stoffe

Title (fr)

Dispositif d'homogénéisation des matiériaux aptes a couler

Publication

EP 0896833 B1 20030326 (DE)

Application

EP 97113845 A 19970811

Priority

EP 97113845 A 19970811

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0896833A1] The homogeniser is for pastes such as mayonnaise, emulsions or creams, whose viscosity increases during processing. Finished material is withdrawn through a gap (18), where the ratio of gap length (L) to width (S) is such that L/4S > 40 when L is 30-40 mm and S > 0.5 mm.

IPC 1-7

B01F 7/16; B01F 5/10

IPC 8 full level

B01F 5/10 (2006.01); B01F 7/00 (2006.01); B01F 7/16 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B01F 25/53 (2022.01); B01F 27/272 (2022.01); B01F 27/8111 (2022.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE GB LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0896833 A1 19990217; EP 0896833 B1 20030326; DE 59709636 D1 20030430

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 97113845 A 19970811; DE 59709636 T 19970811